Record investments of £40 billion in renewable electricity to bring green jobs and growth to the UK

By Mary Green | Published December 4, 2013

£40 billion of investments are expected in renewable electricity generation projects, following updated contract terms and strike prices published today. Additional investments of around £40 billion are expected in renewable electricity generation projects up to 2020, following updated contract terms and strike prices published today and wider reforms to the electricity market. Sixteen renewable...

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The Humber Electrical Engineering Company purchased

By Mary Green | Published November 27, 2013

On the 12th November 2013, Bryan Irving and Ian Morl, who have been running Humber Electrical Engineering as CEO and CFO respectively, purchased the assets of the company safeguarding the future of the business and its 84 full time members of staff. The new company continues to trade as The Humber Electrical Engineering Company...

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Revealed: Sheer scale of wind turbines Siemens set to build in Hull

By Mary Green | Published September 16, 2013

It is more than two years since Siemens signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) detailing plans to build a turbine factory on Hull’s Alexandra Dock. The document, signed in January 2011, outlined how the factory would, if built, assemble the energy giant’s 6 megawatt wind turbines. As well as being bigger than any of...

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Humber Businesses are being urged to support University Technical College plan for Hull

By Mary Green | Published September 4, 2013

MORE than 170 Humber businesses are being urged to support proposals for a new multi-million pound training centre. A Humber-wide partnership lodged a bid last year with the Government to create the centre for engineering and renewables training excellence. Now, bosses behind the region’s first University Technical College, the Humber UTC, are asking firms...

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Offshore pioneer latest to commit to Grimsby port

By Mary Green | Published September 2, 2013

THE first company to work in offshore wind from Grimsby is to establish a permanent base here. Renewable Energy Systems, known as RES, has secured a one-acre site from Associated British Ports, off Humber Bridge Road, on the town’s former fish docks.​ A single-storey office complex will now be built, with a key design...

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Maritime programme engineers future skills

By Mary Green | Published September 2, 2013

BUSINESSES are helping ensure the region has the skills required to put it at the forefront of the UK’s renewables industry. More than 100 apprentices have been taken on by 71 companies in the first year of the Green Port Growth Programme’s employment and skills strand. Designed to raise skills and capacity in the...

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Humber offshore wind companies in Danish Siemens delegation

By Mary Green | Published September 2, 2013

A delegation of Humber companies working in the offshore wind supply chain is to visit Denmark this week on a fact-finding, networking trade mission. Organised by Team Humber Marine Alliance (THMA) and Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), nearly 20 businesses and organisations will tour the main production facilities of Siemens Wind Power in Brande. Mark...

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Approval nears for £450m Able scheme

By Mary Green | Published August 29, 2013

A huge employment boost for the Humber has moved a step closer after government minister Norman Baker revealed that he is “minded to approve” Able UK’s plans for its £450m Marine Energy Park on the south bank of the Humber. Baker has, however, delayed the final decision until December. Before reaching a final decision...

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Delight as £1.1m grant secured by investing wind giant

By Mary Green | Published August 15, 2013

WORLD leading offshore wind giant Dong Energy marked its official arrival in Grimsby with the confirmation of a £1.1-million grant that will help create more than 100 jobs. The Danish developer also unveiled an impressive 950sq m construction base, while thanking the local authority for the support it has received as it embarks on...

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Shipping firm that’s willing to think the unsinkable

By Mary Green | Published July 1, 2013

But now the builders of a new fleet of ferries – built in Yorkshire – are confident their vessels will stay afloat – whatever the world’s largest man-made lake throws at them. Covering a huge area of around 3,275 square miles, around half the size of Yorkshire, Lake Volta in Ghana is still uncharted....

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